After completing his B.Pharmacy, Dr Debajit Maiti  joined Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd., where he worked for nine years. During that period, he pursued an MBA at IISWBM, Kolkata. Then he completed an M.Tech in Pharmaceutical Technology at the Department of Chemical Technology, University of Calcutta, India. During this time, Dr Maiti had the opportunity to work in the Organic and Medicinal Chemistry Laboratory under Dr. Sanjay Dutta, Scientist at CSIR-IICB, Kolkata.

Subsequently, he  joined Prof. Subhabrata Sen’s laboratory in the Department of Chemistry at Shiv Nadar IoE (Deemed to be University) to conduct his Ph.D. research on light- and electricity- driven sustainable organic synthesis method development. During his Ph.D. journey, he developed a strong interest in creating new methods and tools for organic electrosynthesis.

One of their research works on electrosynthesis from Shiv Nadar IoE Deemed to be University was recognized with the RSC Horizon Perkin Prize 2025 in Organic Chemistry, where we introduced a new tool called Alternate Electrode Electrolysis (AEE) to perform electrosynthesis more efficiently.

After completing his Ph.D., Dr Maiti continued as a postdoctoral researcher in the same laboratory for one year. Following that, he joined Prof. Isaac Choi’s laboratory at Chungbuk National University, South Korea, as a G-LAMP Postdoctoral Research Fellow to carry out  his second postdoctoral research on electrosynthesis, prior to joining Krea University.

During his Ph.D. and postdoctoral research, Dr Maiti contributed to several peer-reviewed international publications and applied for a patent grant for their electro-photochemical reactor device. At present, his research interests focus on electro-organic synthesis and electro-photo-organic synthesis.

Publications

Journal Articles

1. R. Pandey, S. Rath, Y. Tyagi, S. Jadon, T. Prabakar, S. Patel, D. Maiti, S. Sen. “A divergent electrochemical platform for diazene radical generation and C–N coupling reactions.” Organic Chemistry Frontiers 2026, 13(9), 2749-2761.
   DOI: 10.1039/D6QO00078A
2. D. Maiti, Y. Heo, G. Kang, M. Kim, I. Choi. “Back to the Electrofuture: Named Reactions Powered by Electroorganic Syntheses.” ChemSusChem 2026, 19(7), e70613.
   DOI: 10.1002/cssc.70613
3. S. Singh, V. Cholke, R. Ganguly, D. Maiti, S. Sen. “Catalyst-Free Electro-photochemical Hydroalkylation of N-Aryl Maleimides via Alternate Electrode Electrolysis: A Sustainable Route to N-Aryl Succinimides with Quaternary Center.” JACS Au 2026, 6, 1337−1346.
   DOI: 10.1021/jacsau.5c01681
4. M. Jeon, D. Maiti, G. Kang, J. Kim, I. Choi. “Electrooxidative Divergent Halocyclizations of Ambident Amides.” Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2025, e16250.
   DOI: 10.1002/anie.202516250
5. S. Bera, S. Sen, D. Maiti. “Unveiling Alternate Electrodes Electrolysis in electro-photochemical and electro-organic synthesis.” Journal of the American Chemical Society 2024, 146(36), 25166–25175.
   DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c08826
6. S. Singh, S. Rath, S. Bera, D. Maiti, S. Sen. “Catalyst-free electro-photochemical insertion reactions of carbene anion radicals by convergent paired electrolysis.” Cell Reports Physical Science 2024, 5, 101944.
   DOI: 10.1016/j.crphys.2024.101944
7. S. Singh, L. Gremaud, S. Sen, D. Maiti. “A combination of computational and experimental studies to correlate electronic structure and reactivity of donor-acceptor singlet carbenes.” Synlett 2024, 35(03), 319-324.
   DOI: 10.1055/a-2182-1234
8. D. Maiti, A. Saha, S. Guin, D. Maiti, S. Sen. “Unveiling catalyst free electro-photochemical reactivity of aryl diazoesters and facile synthesis of oxazoles, imide-fused pyrroles and tetrahydro-epoxy-pyridines via carbene radical anion.” Chemical Science 2023, 14, 6216-6225.
   DOI: 10.1039/D3SC01234A
9. A. Saha, C. Sen, S. Guin, C. Das, D. Maiti, S. Sen, D. Maiti. “Photoinduced [3+ 2] Cycloaddition of Carbenes and Nitriles: A Versatile Approach to Oxazole Synthesis.” Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2023, e202308916.
   DOI: 10.1002/anie.202308916
10. D. Maiti, S. Munan, S. Singh, R. Das, A. Samanta, S. Sen. “Light induced diversity-oriented synthesis (DOS) library of annulated indolizine fluorophores for imaging non-lysosomal lipid droplets (LDs).” Journal of Materials Chemistry B 2023, 11(10), 2191-2199.
    DOI: 10.1039/D2TB02345A
11. T. Prabakar, S. Bera, S. Singh, A. Srivastava, M. Chandrachood, D. Maiti, N. Karmdok, S. Sen. “Theoretical studies to predict the utility of diazo esters in their reactions with 1,4-quinones: experimental validation via a visible light driven metal free process.” Organic Chemistry Frontiers 2023, 10, 5402-5411.
    DOI: 10.1039/D3QO01275A
12. S. Rath, D. Maiti, M. Modi, P. Pal, S. Munan, B. Mohanty, A. Bhatia, R. Bhowal, R. Priyadarshini, A. Samanta, P. Munshi, S. Sen. “Metal-free synthesis and study of glycine betaine derivatives in water for antimicrobial and anticancer applications.” iScience 2023, 26*, 107285.
    DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2023.107285
13. H. Khan, S. Guha, M. Baruah, S. Yadav, S. Maheshwari, S. Sainani, D. Maiti, S. Sen. “Blue LED induced three component reactions for the generation of 4, 6‐dioxo‐hexahydro‐1H‐furo [3, 4‐c] pyrrole: Their evaluation as anticancer agents through PARP inhibition.” Chemistry–An Asian Journal 2023, e202300420.
    DOI: 10.1002/asia.202300420
14. D. Maiti, R. Das, T. Prabakar, S. Sen. “Blue LED induced solvent-free multicomponent reaction among aryl diazoacetates, pyridine derivatives and maleimides: Direct eco-friendly synthesis of densely functionalized Itaconimides.” Green Chemistry 2022, 24, 3001-3008.
    DOI: 10.1039/D2GC00123A
15. D. Maiti, T. Prabakar, P. Ghosh, S. Sen. “A One Pot Diazo Installation-Photochemical Oxidation (Blue LED-O2)/ Amidation Of Aryl/Heteroaryl Acetates With Cyclic 2°-Amines: An Eco-Friendly Synthesis Of Aromatic Α-Ketoamides.” Tetrahedron 2022, 125, 133043.
    DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2022.133043
16. S. Sen, D. Barman, H. Khan, R. Das, D. Maiti. “Cu (II)-Catalyzed Multicomponent Reaction of Pyridine Derivatives/Isoquinolines with Iodonium Ylide and 1, 4-Quinones Using Mechanochemistry.” The Journal of Organic Chemistry 2022, 87(18), 12164-12174.
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.2c01234
17. D. Maiti, R. Das, S. Sen. “Photolytic Amino Etherification Reactions Of Aryldiazoacetates With N-Heterocycles And Stoichiometric Amount Of Dioxane In Aqueous Medium: Synthesis Of 1, 4-Dioxepane/ 1, 4, 7-Dioxazonan-6-One Systems.” Green Chemistry 2021, 23, 8533-8544.
    DOI: 10.1039/D1GC02345A
18. D. Maiti, R. Das, S. Sen. “Blue LED Mediated N–H Insertion of Indoles into Aryldiazoesters at Room Temperature in Batch and Flow: Reaction Kinetics, Density Functional Theory, and Mechanistic Study.” The Journal of Organic Chemistry 2021, 86, 2522-2533.
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.0c02345
19. S. Sar, S. Guha, T. Prabakar, D. Maiti, S. Sen. “Blue Light-Emitting Diode-Mediating In Situ Generation of Pyridinium and Isoquinolinium Ylides from Aryl Diazoesters: Their Application in the Synthesis of Diverse Dihydroindolizine.” The Journal of Organic Chemistry 2021, 86, 11736-11747.
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.1c01234 [1, 2, 3, 4]

Book Chapters

1. D. Maiti, S. Sen. “Eight-membered Rings with One Sulfur Atom.” Comprehensive Heterocyclic Chemistry IV (Fourth Edition) 2021, 14, 85-93.
   DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-818655-8.00066-4

Patents

1. S. Sen, D. Maiti. “Photo Electrochemical Reaction Device And Method Thereof.” Indian Patent Application No. 202311031791, filed May 04, 2023. (Note: Patent applications do not have a DOI string assigned until granted/registered in specific international databases).